Producers

First published on July 30, 2020 After touring with legendary Jazz artists such as Miles Davis, both men decided to venture into song-writing and producing. They created a...

First published on July 29, 2020 Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson had staff positions at Motown, where they wrote and produced hits for Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross....

First Published on July 9, 2020 The late Billy Davis was born on July 11th 1932 in Detroit. He started his career in the entertainment industry as a songwriter with Berry Gordy in Detroit during the mid...

First published 19 July 2020 David Porter was born in 1941 in Memphis. While he was still a student at high school, Porter began to develop an interest...

First published 11th July 2020 The creative team of Holland-Dozier-Holland became the dominant and most influential songwriting and music production team of the 1960s. They were responsible for...

The late Billy Davis was born on July 11th 1932 in Detroit. He started his career in the entertainment industry as a songwriter with Berry Gordy in Detroit during the mid 1950s, creating successful songs for...

First Published 4 July 2020 The analysis of the Sound of Detroit was made more complicated in 1970 by the first major successes for Invictus Records, which had...